Concept Clothing Responds To Social Situations. Goldsmiths, University of London graduate Lilian Hipolyte Mushi has designed concept clothing specifically for introverts to help them in a highly extroverted world.
The project, which the designer has titled An Introvert’s Transformation to Extroversion, consists of specific components that ‘react’ when someone gets too close to the wearer. The piece of clothing includes wooden arms that fan out at the back when built-in distance sensors detect someone within 80 centimeters of the wearer. A pleated hood covered in thermochromic pigments changes colors in response to body heat if the wearer feels embarrassed or shy. There is also a garment with pleated sleeves that becomes stiff when heated, again as a response to the wearer’s body temperature. According to Lilian, the concept clothing ‘explores how introverts use isolation as a mechanism for social recharge as well as a way to navigate social situations.’ View more images of the project below. Lilian Hipolyte Mushi. John Pugh: Will Ingestible Micro Computers Be The Doctors Of The Future?
Imagine if on your next doctors visit, instead of going through all the examinations, your doctor simply handed you a pill and sent you on your way.
They may look like normal pills, oblong and a little smaller than a daily vitamin, however they are in fact fully functional ingestible computers, which travel your system and transmit back data. It sounds like something straight out of science fiction, but is it really that far off? Proteus Digital Health of Redwood City, California, has created a ‘smart pill’ system that helps patients and caregivers monitor dosages. Inside these pills are tiny sensors and transmitters. After swallowing them, the devices make their way to the stomach and then through the intestinal tract. The pills themselves do not require a battery, as the body itself is the power source. The technology behind these pills could help patients monitor and treat a wide range of problems. Proteus Digital Health. Immersive Cocoon // Step Into The Future. Directed & 3D CG by Oliver Zeller, Video Courtesy of I-Cocoon The world of interfaces continues to evolve and surprise us.
We still think of it as something we can hold, fold and place in our bag to carry anywhere. What if you can be part of an intuitive and holistic experience where your interface is not reduced to a mouse-click or a two dimensional tablet screen. Welcome to the Immersive Cocoon, a surround display dome with sophisticated motion sensor technology that inspired the technology depicted in 'Minority Report'. Now your body becomes the interface, as you are enveloped and your body movement becomes part of this digital environment to make our everyday lives more enjoyable, at least that is what this conceptual project tries to explore. Image Courtesy of I-Cocoon The Immersive Cocoon opens its hatch silently and extends a small set of stairs that helps you move into this 360 degree display covering the entire interior walls.
Sources: I-Cocoon, NAU. The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2012. The Future Of Education Is Outside The Classroom. The world is currently facing monumental education challenges.
Decades of standardized testing, fear of technology, and fixation on memorization have impacted the world’s youth negatively and kept them from reaching their human potential. In a recent documentary, the telecommunications provider Ericsson sheds light on shifts happening in the worlds of various educators and the learning industry at large. Watch the documentary below and take a look at our key takeaways from the film: Seth Godin believes the education system is scam. While many kids can sit for hours, take notes, and repeat what they learned 3 weeks later, some kids do not learn this way. Jose Ferreira, Founder and CEO of Knewton, believes the textbook of the future will be housed on devices. Sugata Mitra believes that knowledge and knowing are becoming replaced by access to information. Stephen Heppell is working to shift the focus in education from exams and scores to be more data-led and technology friendly. Ericsson. Future news & vision. Trends and Foresight.
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